Berkeley-Haas Open Innovation Awards:

The Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, is proud to announce the Berkeley-Haas Open Innovation Awards to be presented at the 3rd Annual World Open Innovation Conference, December 15-16, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.

Categories:

Start-Up Disruption

Business Model Transformation

Distinguished Contribution for Leadership in Open Innovation

The Start-Up Disruption Award

Who should be nominated? Startups that are not yet well known, but have the potential of becoming a big disruptive player in the market by:

a) eliminating competition with an effective value proposition,
b) establishing new markets with a disruptive business model, or
c) redefining or replacing their existing value proposition with a new disruptive one.

The Business Model Transformation Award

Who should be nominated? Established companies that have recently:

a) adopted a new business model to start a new life cycle with new offerings,
b) disrupted themselves to drastically restructure their model offering the same products, or
c) expanded into new markets with open innovation collaboration.

Winners will be announced at the 3rd Annual WOIC on Dec. 15-16, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain

Judging process A panel of judges will review the nominations and select one company in each category. Winning companies will receive complimentary passes to attend the conference, where they will be recognized at an Award Ceremony among their peers.

Judges participate on a voluntary basis without compensations or incentives

Judges will treat the names of all submitters and their information as confidential

Judges will proactively decline to evaluate submissions where a potential conflict of interest exists